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thanks guys, this is all incredibly helpful. I'll have to get my act in gear and I'll post something with pictures once I get off the ground running... great ideas...
much appreciated.

The footprint of a small drill press isn't significantly larger than a shoebox. Taller, but not much wider or longer. Finding a rigid one in a small size---and has low run out (a quill with virtually no side-to-side wobble---is the hard part. A refurbed older machine made in the pre-Asian outsource...

A half-round, handmade rasp is your best bet for shaping (don't waste your money on hardware store machine-made ones) As for the mortise and tenon thing, if a hand drill would do the job, that's what would have been recommended in the first place. It sounds like you have already made up your mind a...

thanks guys. I have access to quality briar at a reasonable price, as well as vulcanite stems, so i don't need to make my own stems... just getting two holes, a decent shape, and the stems to fit should be sufficient... further thoughts? Any suggestions on the type of file? Or just a big enough with...

Gentlemen, I'm new to the forum and new to pipe making, though I have been partaking of the fragrant weed for some time. I live in an Asian mega-city and while I could purchase a lathe, there is nowhere in a 5 mile radius I would be able to store it, unless I separately rented a workshop, which does...